World Music Ranking

[Dr. Dread]

Thursday May 28, 2009, 11:52 AM GMT [Post2065763]


MUSIC WORLD RANKING

TOP 50 COUNTRIES COUNTDOWN

Honorable Mention;

New Zealand; Crowded House, Split Enz, Flight of Conhcords
Pakistan; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ghulam Ali, Sabri Brothers
Egypt; Oum Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Amr Diab
Senegal; Orchestra Baobab, Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour
Algeria; Khaled, Warda, Rachid Taha
Georgia; Alexander Borodin, Katie Melua, Giya Kancheli
Uruguay; Francisco Canaro, Julio Sosa, Alfredo Zitarrosa
Nigeria; Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Keziah Jones




MUSIC WORLD RANKING TOP 50 COUNTDOWN

50. IRAN - 108 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 12 - Average Musiquality: 3,73

BESTS FROM IRAN

Best Iranian Pop Singer: Googoosh
One of the Most Famous Frontmans of Rock Music History: Freddy Mercury
Folk Artist: Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

49. LEBONAN - 108 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 7 - Average Musiquality: 3,85

BESTS FROM LEBONAN

Academy Award Winning Composer: Gabriel Yared
Best Arabic Singing Voice Ever: Fairuz
Most Famous Lebanese Singer abroad: Paul Anka
UNESCO Artist for Peace: Marcel Khalife

48. LITHUANIA - 109 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 5 - Average Musiquality: 3,94

BESTS FROM LITHUANIA

Best Lithuanian Classical Composer: Clara Rockmore
Best Lithuanian Rock Band: Foje
One of the Greatest Violin Players of All-Time: Jascha Heifetz

47. ARMENIA - 111 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 6 - Average Musiquality: 3,75

BESTS FROM ARMENIA

Four time Grammy Award nominated Armenian Band: System of a Down
Best Armenian Classical Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Three times Oscar Winner Composer: Michel Legrand
Greatest Duduk Player Ever: Djivan Gasparyan
Most Famous Armenian Singers : Cher, Charles Aznavour

46. PERU - 111 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 5 - Average Musiquality: 3,86

BESTS FROM PERU

Greatest Singing Voice Ever (over 4 octaves): Yma Sumac
Greatest Peruvian Musician: Chabuca Granda
Peruvian Hip-Hop Singer: Immortal Technique



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45. ICELAND - 115 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 5 - Average Musiquality: 3,68

BESTS FROM ICELAND

Best Icelandic Band Ever Sigur Ros
Greatest Female Musician of Iceland: Bjork
Best Icelandic Classical Composer: Johann Johannsson

44. ETHIOPIA - 116 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 5 - Average Musiquality: 3,94

BESTS FROM ETHIOPIA

Father of Ethiopian Jazz: Mulatu Astatqe
Best Gurage Singer: Mahmoud Ahmed
Ethiopian James Brown, Soul Singer: Alemayehu Eshete

43. SOUTH AFRICA - 116 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 13 - Average Musiquality: 3,68

BESTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Best South African Composer (European Origin): Trevor Jones
Best South African Jazz Musicians: Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela
Grammy Award Winning Artist, Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba

42. ROMANIA - 120 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 7 - Average Musiquality: 3,86

BESTS FROM ROMANIA

Best Romanian Musicians Ever: George Enescu, Dinu Lipatti
Best Gipsy Bands ever: Fanfarte Ciocarlia, Taraf de Haidouks
Master of the Pan-Flute: Gheorge Zamfir
Greatest Band of Romania: Phoenix

41. MALI - 120 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 11 - Average Musiquality: 3,78

BESTS FROM MALI

One of the Top Three Greatest African Musicians Ever (with Fela Kuti and Miriam Makeba): Ali Farka Toure
Golden Voice of Africa, Albino Singer: Salif Keita
Best African Music Duo ever (blind couple): Amadou & Mariam

40. DENMARK - 121 points Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 6 - Average Musiquality: 3,83

BESTS FROM DENMARK

Best Danish Composer Ever: Carl Nielsen
Best Danish Bands: Mew, Mercyful Fate
Best Danish Electronic Musician: Trentemoller

39. SERBIA - 126 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 9 - Average Musiquality: 3,93

BESTS FROM SERBIA

Greatest Garage Rock Band of Ex-Yugoslavia: Partibrejkers
Best Serbian Gypsy Musician: Saban Bajramovic
Best Acoustic Rock Singer of East Europe: Djordje Balasevic

38. WALES - 131 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 7 - Average Musiquality: 3,67

BESTS FROM WALES

The Most Inventive and Influential Figure in Contemporary Electronic Music: Aphex Twins
One of the Most Powerful Singing Voices Ever: Tom Jones
Best Welsh Bands: Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals

37. CHILE - 133 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 11 - Average Musiquality: 3,88

BESTS FROM CHILE

Best Chilean Musicians Ever: Violeta Parra, Victor Jara
Best Chilean Folk Band: Inti-Illimani
Best Chilean Rock Bands: Los Prisioneros, Los Jaivas

36. CHINA - 137 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 14 - Average Musiquality: 3,89

BESTS FROM CHINA

Multiple Grammy Awards Winner Cellist: Yo-Yo Ma
Grammy and Oscar Winner Contemporary Classical Composer: Tan Dun
Best Chinese Pop Singers Ever: Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong

35. ISRAEL - 138 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 11 - Average Musiquality: 3,87

BESTS FROM ISRAEL

Best Israeli Band: Orphaned Land
One of the Greatest Violinist of the 20th Century: Itzhak Perlman
Best Israelian Female Musician Ever: Chava Alberstein

34. UKRAINE - 140 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 8 - Average Musiquality: 3,93

BESTS FROM UKRAINE

Composer of Swan Lake and Nutcracker Ballets: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sound: Stan Getz
Best Ukranian Bands: Fleur, Nokturnal Mortum, Drudkh

33. BELGIUM - 144 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 9 - Average Musiquality: 3,83

BESTS FROM BELGIUM

Best Belgian Classical Composer: Cesar Franck
One of the Most Renowned Jazz Guitarists due to His Innovative and Distinctive Playing: Django Reinhardt
Greatest Belgian Singer Ever: Jacques Brel

32. CROATIA - 147 points Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 14 - Average Musiquality: 3,98

BESTS FROM CROATIA

Best Grunge Band of East Europe: Laufer
Greatest Croatian Pianist: Ivo Pogorelich
Best Croatian Bands: Azra, Prljavo Kazaliste

31. FINLAND - 153 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 19 - Average Musiquality: 3,69

BESTS FROM FINLAND

Greatest Finnish Musician of All-Time: Jean Sibelius
Best Symphonic Metal Band Ever: Nightwish
Death Metal Band: Amorphis



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30. CATALONIA (Autonomous Community) - 156 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 8 - Average Musiquality: 4,01

BESTS FROM CATALONIA

Greatest Cello Player of All-Time: Pablo Casals
Best Classical Guitar Composer Ever: Isaac Albeniz
Mambo Musician: Xavier Cugat

29. PUERTO RICO - 156 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 15 - Average Musiquality: 3,86

BESTS FROM PUERTO RICO

Godfather of Latin Jazz: Ray Barretto
Most Renowned Singer and Composer of Salsa Music: Ismael Rivera
King of Mambo Music: Tito Puente
Great Salsa Singer: Hector Lavoe
Most Successful Puerto Rican Musical Group Ever: El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

28. HUNGARY - 158 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 10 - Average Musiquality: 3,96

BESTS FROM HUNGARY

Top Hungarian Classical Composers and Pianists: Franz Liszt, Bela Bartok
Best Film Score Composers: Gyorgy Ligeti, Miklos Rozsa
Best Hungarian Folk Music Band: Muzsikas


27. CZECH REPUBLIC - 158 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 7 - Average Musiquality: 4,01

BESTS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC

Composer of New World Symphony, One of The Greatest Romantic Music Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Most Famous Czech Composer just aftert Dvorak: Bedrich Smetana
Best Czech Folk Musicians: Jaromir Nohavica, Karel Kryl

26. INDIA - 159 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 24 - Average Musiquality: 3,77

BESTS FROM INDIA

Greatest Indian Musician Ever: Ravi Shankar
Sitar Maestro: Vilayat Khan
Most Famous Female Bollywood Playback Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle
One of the Most Versatile Singing Voices Ever: Mohammed Rafi

25. TURKEY - 162 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 25 - Average Musiquality: 3,88

BESTS FROM TURKEY

Creators of Turkish Music, Classical and Sufi Music Composers: Dede Efendi, Tanburi Cemil Bey
Best Turkish Singing Voices Ever: Zeki Muren, Muzeyyen Senar
Best Anatolian Rock Musicians: Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, Cem Karaca, Selda
Queen of Turkish Pop: Sezen Aksu
Best Turkish Bands Ever: Nekropsi, Moğollar, Baba Zula



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24. MEXICO - 163 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 23 - Average Musiquality: 3,77

BESTS FROM MEXICO

A Rock and Roll Pioneer and a Forefather of the Chicano Rock Movement: Ritchie Valens
Most Famous Actor and Singer of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema: Pedro Infante
The King of Space Age Pop: Esquivel
Internationally Known Music Trio: Los Panchos
Best Ranchera Musicians Ever: Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Vicente Fernandez

23. AUSTRALIA - 164 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 14 - Average Musiquality: 3,76

BESTS FROM AUSTRALIA

One of the Greatest Hard Rock Bands Ever, Pioneers of Heavy Metal: AC/DC
Rock Band fronted by Nick Cave: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Greatest Ethereal Wave Band Ever: Dead Can Dance

22. SCOTLAND - 167 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 17 - Average Musiquality: 3,65

BESTS FROM SCOTLAND

Greatest Electronic Music Duo Ever: Boards of Canada
Best Scottish Bands Ever: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream
Most Well-Known Scottish Bands: Belle & Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai

21. PORTUGAL - 167 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 14 - Average Musiquality: 3,96

BESTS FROM PORTUGAL

Queen of Fado, One of the Greatest European Singers ever: Amalia Rodrigues
Most Talented Portuguese Musician in the 20th century, Man with a 1000 fingers: Carlos Paredes
Most Famous Portuquese Singer abroad: Nelly Furtado

20.GREECE - 168 points Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 16 - Average Musiquality: 3,94

BESTS FROM GREECE

Greek Soprano, Best European Female Voice of the Twentieth Century: Maria Callas
One of the Greatest Composers of Electronic Music of All-Time: Vangelis
Modernist Composer: Iannis Xenakis
Academy Award Winner Film Composer: Manos Hadjidakis

19. IRELAND - 171 points Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 14 - Average Musiquality: 3,71

BESTS FROM IRELAND

Best Irish Band Ever: U2
Greatest Shoegazing Band of the History: My Bloody Valentine
Famous Hard Rock Band: Thin Lizzy

18. NORWAY - 172 points Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 21 - Average Musiquality: 3,75

BESTS FROM NORWAY

Greatest Norwegian Musician Ever: Edvard Grieg
Electronic Music Duo: royksopp
Famous New Wave Band of 80s: a-ha

17. SWEDEN - 185 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 29 - Average Musiquality: 3,75

BESTS FROM SWEDEN

Greatest Pop Music Group of Scandinavia: ABBA
Top Swedish Folk Singer: Cornelis Vreeswijk
Best Swedish Band Ever: Opeth

16. NETHERLANDS - 186 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 21 - Average Musiquality: 3,80

BESTS FROM NETHERLANDS

Most Famous Classical Composer of 16. Century: Josquin des Prez
Greatest Dutch Bands: The Gathering, Golden Earring, Focus
Top Djs of the World: Ferry Corsten, Dj Tiesto, Armin van Buuren

15. CUBA - 193 points -  Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 23 - Average Musiquality: 3,92

BESTS FROM CUBA

The Best Known and Most Influential Female Figure in the History of Cuban Music, Queen of Salsa: Celia Cruz
Greatest Guitarist and Composer of Cuban Trova Music: Compay Segundo
Popular Afro-Cuban Singer of Cuba: Ibrahim Ferrer
Leader of Nueva Trova Movement: Silvio Rodriguez

14. ARGENTINA - 198 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 28 - Average Musiquality: 3,93

BESTS FROM ARGENTINA

Creator of Nuevo Tango, Excellent Bandoneon Player: Astor Piazzolla
The Most Prominent Figure in the History of Tango: Carlos Gardel
Composer of Mission Impossible Theme, Four Times Grammy Award Winner, with 21 times Nominations: Lalo Schifrin

13. JAPAN - 199 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 38 - Average Musiquality: 3,85

BESTS FROM JAPAN

Best Japanese Film Score Composer: Joe Hisaishi
Video Game Composer, Composer of Final Fantasy Series: Nobuo Uematsu
Greatest Enka Singer: Meiko Kaji

12. POLAND - 207 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 24 - Average Musiquality: 4,00

BESTS FROM POLAND

One of the Greatest Classical Composers of All-Time: Frederic Chopin
One of the Greatest Pianist of 20th Century: Arthur Rubinstein
Best Sung Poetry Singers Ever: Marek Grechuta, Jacek Kaczmarski

11. SPAIN - 209 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 30 - Average Musiquality: 3,99

BESTS FROM SPAIN

Blind Composer and Virtuoso Pianist: Joaquin Rodrigo
Greatest Classical Guitarist: andres segovia
Most Famous Flamenco Guitarist of All-Time: Paco de Lucia



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10. CANADA - 210 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 23 - Average Musiquality: 3,80

BESTS FROM CANADA

Greatest Canadian Musician Ever: Neil Young
Jewish Canadian Folk Rock Musician: Leonard Cohen
Best Canadian Female Singer and Songwriter: Joni Mitchell
Greatest Canadian Bands Ever: Rush, Arcade Fire, The Band

9. RUSSIA - 220 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 27 - Average Musiquality: 3,99

BESTS FROM RUSSIA

Last Great Representative of Late Romanticism in Classical Music. Sergei Rachmaninoff
One of the Five Innovators of Russian Music: Modest Mussorgsky
Russian Composer of Soviet Period: Dmitri Shostakovich
Most Influential Composer of 20th Century: Igor Stravinsky
Best Russian Band Ever: Piknik

8. BRAZIL - 227 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 44 - Average Musiquality: 3,92

BESTS FROM BRAZIL

A Primary Force Behind the Creation of the Bossa Nova Style: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Creator of Bossa Nova Beat, Father of Bossa Nova: Joao Gilberto
Bob Dylan of Brazil: Caetano Veloso

7. JAMAICA - 228 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 46 - Average Musiquality: 3,88

BESTS FROM JAMAICA

Most Well-Known Reggae Artist of All-Time: Bob Marley
Ska and Reggae Vocal Group: Toots & The Maytals
Influential Dub and Reggae Singer: Lee 'Scratch' Perry

6. AUSTRIA - 232 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 24 - Average Musiquality: 3,98

BESTS FROM AUSTRIA

One of the Three Greatest Composers of All-Time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Father of the Symphony: Joseph Haydn
Composer of Unfinished Symphony: Franz Schubert
The Waltz King: Johann Strauss II

5. ITALY - 284 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 46 - Average Musiquality: 4,00

BESTS FROM ITALY

Greatest Italian Composer Ever: Antonio Vivaldi
One of the Most Famous Opera Composers Ever: Guiseppe Verdi
Composer of More Than 500 Film and Television Productions: Ennio Morricone

4. FRANCE - 284 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 56 - Average Musiquality: 3,96

BESTS FROM FRANCE

One of the Two Key Figures of Impressionist Music Along with Ravel: Claude Debussy
Composer of Gymnopedies: Erik Satie
One of the World's most Influential Musicians: Serge Gainsbourg
Superstar of Minimalist and Avant-Garde Music: Yann Tiersen

3. GERMANY - 308 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 55 - Average Musiquality: 3,94a

BESTS FROM GERMANY

Greatest Composers of All-Time: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach
Most Influential Electronic Music Band of the History: Kraftwerk
Best Krautrock Band of Germany: Can

2. ENGLAND - 416 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 181 - Average Musiquality: 3,86

BESTS FROM ENGLAND

Over One Billion Album Seller, Greatest Band of All-Time: The Beatles
Greatest Rock and Roll Band Ever: Rolling Stones
The Heaviest Band of the Seventies: Led Zeppelin
Best Progressive Rock Band Ever: Pink Floyd

1. U.S.A - 573 points - Number of Musicians in TOP 1640 : 331 - Average Musiquality: 3,92

BESTS FROM U.S.A

Greatest Contribution to Song-Writing: Bob Dylan
Greatest Guitarist of All-Time: Jimi Hendrix
Most Important American Musicians of 20th Century: Louis Armstrong, James Brown
King of Rock 'n ' Roll: Elvis Presley

Cut and pasted from HERE.

[Florestan]

BS 

[Dr. Dread]

BS 

How so?

[Opus106]

BS  

--Rant Begins--

It's not even BS.

The entry for India is very typical -- I apologise in advance for the generalisation -- of the western view of Indian music. (Although I didn't expect it to be placed somewhere in the middle.) It must be realised that if there is Indian music, then there must be/have been Indian composers, as well. (Duh!) And it should also be noted that the Sitar isn't the only instrument from this region of the world.

--Rant Ends--

[Florestan]

How so?

Tchaikovsky Ukrainian? 

Best Classical Guitar Composer Ever: Isaac Albeniz . 

Mixing pop with classical, folk with hard rock and everything in between 

Average musiquality? 

WTF?

[Dr. Dread]

I find this list at least interesting as a topic for discussion. For instance, opus's response is of interest to me. The person at RYM who made this list obviously put a lot of work into it.

[Dr. Dread]

Mixing pop with classical, folk with hard rock and everything in between 

Hell yeah. 

[Florestan]

The person at RYM who made this list obviously put a lot of work into it.

A lot of work is not automatically a quality work.

Dave, nothing personal, just my two cents.  0:)

[Dr. Dread]

A lot of work is not automatically a quality work.

Dave, nothing personal, just my two cents.  0:)

No problem. I can't speak to how he/she came up with it.

[Florestan]

No problem. I can't speak to how he/she came up with it.

Would you agree that having Russia behind Jamaica, Germany behind England and Austria behind USA is misleading in terms of classical music?

[Dr. Dread]

Would you agree that having Russia behind Jamaica, Germany behind England and Austria behind USA is misleading in terms of classical music?

Yes, if we're speaking strictly classical, which the listmaker obviously isn't.

[bwv 1080]

USA! USA!  We're number 1 baby!

[Dr. Dread]

USA! USA!  We're number 1 baby!

HELLZ YEAH!!! 

[Florestan]

Yes, if we're speaking strictly classical, which the listmaker obviously isn't.

Yes and that's my main criticism: he conflated everything "musical" under the Sun, and the result is a mishmash with no relevance at all.

[Dr. Dread]

Yes and that's my main criticism: he conflated everything "musical" under the Sun, and the result is a mishmash with no relevance at all.

It's the toppermost of the poppermost.

[Dr. Dread]

Aw, c'mon. #42 ain't so bad... 

[Lethevich]

BS 

I agree, Black Sabbath did warrant a mention

[Dr. Dread]

I agree, Black Sabbath did warrant a mention

Yeah, what's up with that? They invented the "heavy".

[Florestan]

Aw, c'mon. #42 ain't so bad...  

I'm even flattered the guy have heard about Enescu and Lipatti. Had he added Celibidache, he could have been regarded as a philo-Romanian. 

[matti]

May I present the Finnish entry, picked by yours truly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ygdAiDxKfI&feature=related